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Postage stamp overprint issue occasion: summary of the different postage stamp overprint occasion reasons
Increase in sales postage stamp over-print: postage stamp overprinted to increase in sales
Exhaustion postage stamp overprint: postage stamp with seldom needed face value overprinted for exhaustion with often needed face value
Office abroad postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted for the use in an office abroad
Occupation postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted after a military occupation
Validation extension postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted to extend the validation (e.g. Ottoman Empire 1915 - 1916)
Category change postage stamp over-print: postage stamp overprinted to change the stamp category (e.g. definitive postage stamp -> official postage stamp)
Habilitado postage stamp overprint: withdrawn postage stamp of spanish speaking countries overprinted to declare these again for valid
Inflation postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted with a new face value because of inflation
Jubilee postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of a jubilee (e.g. 100th anniversary of the kingdom of Wurttemberg)
Colony postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted for the use in a colony
Rural post office postage stamp over-print: postage stamp overprinted for selling on commission in rural post offices (spanish: Campaña = rural post office)
Specimen postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted for the use as specimen to avoid postal use
Face value postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted with a new face value
Fartly face value postage stamp over-print: postage stamp partly overprinted with a new face value
Face value differentiation postage stamp overprint: same-colour postage stamps with different vace values partly overprinted to avoid mistakes
Olympic postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of olympic games
Phosphorescent postage stamp over-print: postage stamp with an invisible over-print that glows when irradiated with short-wave UV light thereby enabling the use of electronically controlled stamp machines
Postage fee reduction postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of a postage fee reduction
Postal statistic postage stamp over-print: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of a postal statistic
Propaganda postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of spread politics
Discount postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted for sale under face value
Resello postage stamp overprint: with-drawn postage stamp of spanish speaking countries overprinted to declare these again for valid
Education postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted for education of postal clerks
Security postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted to avoid forgeries
State visit postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted for a state visit of an important personality
Form of government change postage stamp overprint: postage stamp over-printed after the change of the form of government (e g. kingdom -> people´s state)
Mourning postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted after the death of an important personality
Independence postage stamp over-print: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of an independence
Currency reform postage stamp over-print: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of a currency reform
Currency changeover postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of a currency changeover
Christmas postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of christmas
Company advertising postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted with official or private advertising (e.g. coffee from Costa Rica)
Charity postage stamp overprint: postage stamp overprinted for charitable donation